Moscow — Brazil’s squad arrived in Russia on Monday with their star, Neymar, seemingly recovered from a broken foot bone as the South Americans begin their quest to win a sixth World Cup. The Brazilians landed in the early hours in Sochi, the Black Sea resort in southern Russia where they will be based, fresh from beating Austria 3-0 in their final warm-up match. Neymar marked his first start in more than three months by scoring in the easy victory in Vienna while Gabriel Jesus and Philippe Coutinho also netted. It was Neymar’s 55th goal wearing a Brazil shirt, allowing him to draw level with Romario on his country’s list of all-time leading scorers — only Pele and Ronaldo have more goals for their country. "I don’t know Neymar’s limits," Brazil coach Tite said. "His technical and creative capacity is impressive. When we get him in the last third of the field he is lethal." Brazil, who crashed out of the last World Cup on home soil in a humiliating 7-1 defeat to Germany, kick off th...
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